Who needs a concrete pump when you have this chap?

[Matty F]

And what's wrong with home made ladders? Mine even has a handrail on it!

[RayL12]

He has had 6 series each of 6 shows on BBC4. Stupidly brilliant! Not so impressive in the TV show.

[RayL12]

Haha! Yeah, it was OK. I like the pauses left for the imagination.

[John Williamson]

There, I corrected your typing for you.

There's also one "o" too many in the way his name has been spelt.

I'm just happy that now he's on TV, he's unlikely to pollute Radio 4 again.

[RayL12]

It did not need correction. Further more, you have no rights to change my submission!

[John Williamson]

Welcome to usenet. Does your prohibition on changing others' submissions extend to snipping execssive content?

I see you don't disagree with that, at least...

Or that. :-)

[RobertL]

"at that point I lost my concentration" or some similar phrase wasn't it?

[RobertL]

In fact it was "at this point I lost my presence of mind".

Here is Hoffnung:

Robert

[RobertL]

I agree that Hoffnung's delivery is very slow and you have to be in the mood for him, but Tom Lehrer is just great (IMHO).

Robert

[RobertL]

"National Hate Week" is still very much up to date I think.

R

[Steve Firth]

Oh, I like Lehrer, Hoffnung and Bob Newhart.

[charles]

before them was Victor Borge

[Steve Firth]

Was he before? I wasn't aware of his existence until late in the 60s. I'd seen/heard the others before then.

[charles]

A quck wiki shows he had his own NBC show in 1946, having been appearing since 1941.

[Steve Firth]

Oh that's interesting, presumably Nazi dodging in that case?

[Bert Coules]

I wondered if he's ever heard that Gerard Hoffnung story?

[Bert Coules]

OK, so I should read the whole thread before firing off a reply...